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.IX Title "DPKG-RECONFIGURE 8"
.TH DPKG-RECONFIGURE 8 "2021-06-10" "" "Debconf"
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.SH "NAME"
dpkg\-reconfigure \- reconfigure an already installed package
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 1
\& dpkg\-reconfigure [options] packages
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
\&\fBdpkg-reconfigure\fR reconfigures packages after they have already been
installed. Pass it the names of a package or packages to reconfigure. It
will ask configuration questions, much like when the package was first
installed.
.PP
If you just want to see the current configuration of a package, see
\&\fBdebconf\-show\fR\|(1) instead.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.IX Header "OPTIONS"
.IP "\fB\-f\fR\fItype\fR, \fB\-\-frontend=\fR\fItype\fR" 4
.IX Item "-ftype, --frontend=type"
Select the frontend to use. The default frontend can be permanently changed
by:
.Sp
.Vb 1
\& dpkg\-reconfigure debconf
.Ve
.Sp
Note that if you normally have debconf set to use the noninteractive
frontend, dpkg-reconfigure will use the dialog frontend instead, so you
actually get to reconfigure the package.
.IP "\fB\-p\fR\fIvalue\fR, \fB\-\-priority=\fR\fIvalue\fR" 4
.IX Item "-pvalue, --priority=value"
Specify the minimum priority of question that will be displayed.
dpkg-reconfigure normally shows low priority questions no matter what your
default priority is. See \fBdebconf\fR\|(7) for a list.
.IP "\fB\-\-default\-priority\fR" 4
.IX Item "--default-priority"
Use whatever the default priority of question is, instead of forcing the
priority to low.
.IP "\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-unseen\-only\fR" 4
.IX Item "-u, --unseen-only"
By default, all questions are shown, even if they have already been
answered. If this parameter is set though, only questions that have not yet
been seen will be asked.
.IP "\fB\-\-force\fR" 4
.IX Item "--force"
Force dpkg-reconfigure to reconfigure a package even if the package is in an
inconsistent or broken state. Use with caution.
.IP "\fB\-\-no\-reload\fR" 4
.IX Item "--no-reload"
Prevent dpkg-reconfigure from reloading templates. Use with caution; this
will prevent dpkg-reconfigure from repairing broken templates databases.
However, it may be useful in constrained environments where rewriting the
templates database is expensive.
.IP "\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR" 4
.IX Item "-h, --help"
Display usage help.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
\&\fBdebconf\fR\|(7)
.SH "AUTHOR"
.IX Header "AUTHOR"
Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>